Asia's centers for the mentally ill-like this one in Indonesia_often seem more punitive than palliative

Human stain_Patients at the Panti Bina Laras Cipayung mental health center in east Jakarta are left to lie on the soiled floor of the latrines

Exposed_Most of the patients at the center are naked; some are

shackled or chained to window bars

Discarded_A naked, emaciated man curled up on the floor beside a

live chicken and some rotten wood

Living Hell_A teenage boy locked up with men at the Cipayung center

Scarred_Inside the Cipayung facility the air is thick with flies and the

stench of feces

Wasted_A half-naked elderly man too weak to stand eats on the floor

of the Cipayung facility in east Jakarta

Daily Struggle_Inside the female ward of the Cipayung center. Originally intended for 200 patients, the government-run facility is

crammed with 305 inmates

Crisis_Chained and naked inmates inside the male ward of the Cipayung center

Criminal_Though the number of patients at the center has nearly doubled since 1996, less than $1 is spent on each person per day

Damaged_A woman patient at the Cipayung center reaches breaking point. Almost no other Asian nation offers less mental health care than

Indonesia